[PLUG] Driver question

[Ken Stephens]

I subscribe to a monthly electronic surprise box
.  This month's
surprise is a Propeller 2 8x32bit processor on a circuit board that
connects to a computer with USB.  The circuit board and chip are RT232RL
Serial USB Interface.

The  FT232RL chip by ftdichip.com does not identify itself to the usb
hubs.  Tried many.  Tried different cables.  Loaded the suggested driver.
It's transmit and receive lights flash when plugged in.  The dmesg output
when device is plugged into a 3.0 port is:

[Thu Dec 10 21:32:13 2020] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 14
using xhci_hcd
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:13 2020] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:13 2020] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:14 2020] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 15
using xhci_hcd
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:14 2020] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:14 2020] usb 3-1: device descriptor read/64, error -71
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:14 2020] usb usb3-port1: attempt power cycle
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:15 2020] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 16
using xhci_hcd
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:15 2020] usb 3-1: Device not responding to setup address.
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:15 2020] usb 3-1: Device not responding to setup address.
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:15 2020] usb 3-1: device not accepting address 16, error
-71
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:15 2020] usb 3-1: new full-speed USB device number 17
using xhci_hcd
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:15 2020] usb 3-1: Device not responding to setup address.
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:16 2020] usb 3-1: Device not responding to setup address.
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:16 2020] usb 3-1: device not accepting address 17, error
-71
[Thu Dec 10 21:32:16 2020] usb usb3-port1: unable to enumerate USB device

The dmesg output when device is plugged into a 2.0 port:
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:09 2020] usb 2-1.2.3: new full-speed USB device number 9
using ehci-pci
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:09 2020] usb 2-1.2.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:09 2020] usb 2-1.2.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:09 2020] usb 2-1.2.3: new full-speed USB device number 10
using ehci-pci
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:09 2020] usb 2-1.2.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:09 2020] usb 2-1.2.3: device descriptor read/64, error -32
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:09 2020] usb 2-1.2-port3: attempt power cycle
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:10 2020] usb 2-1.2.3: new full-speed USB device number 11
using ehci-pci
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:10 2020] usb 2-1.2.3: device not accepting address 11,
error -32
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:11 2020] usb 2-1.2.3: new full-speed USB device number 12
using ehci-pci
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:11 2020] usb 2-1.2.3: device not accepting address 12,
error -32
[Thu Dec 10 22:03:11 2020] usb 2-1.2-port3: unable to enumerate USB device

The kernel is configured properly:
# uname -r
5.9.12-100.fc32.x86_64
$ grep -i xhci /boot/config-$(uname -r)
CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD=y
CONFIG_USB_XHCI_DBGCAP=y
CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PCI=y
CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PCI_RENESAS=y
CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PLATFORM=m
CONFIG_USB_ROLES_INTEL_XHCI=m

Any wizards out there that have an idea what is happening and how I can fix
it?  Or shall I chock it up to a bad chip.

Thanks,
Ken
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Re: [PLUG] CentOS going away, viva Rocky?

[Ben Koenig]

On 12/10/20 1:54 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020, Jake Bottero wrote:

It is not surprising that IBM has taken this misguided path, they 
fail to

understand that Enterprise users of CentOS will not simply start buying
overpriced licenses for RHEL, they will bail out for Ubuntu Server. 
IBM’s
misjudgment on this marks the beginning of the end for RHEL. Been 
nice to

know you...


Mid-last century IBM acknowledged that they were not selling leading edge
technology, but on-site customer support and hand-holding. That also 
did in

DEC and other companies such as Xerox.

I read about CentOS' demise on Ars Technica this morning and was not 
at all

surprised.

Stay well,

Rich




I love the part about "CentOS Special Interest Groups (SIGs)" since it 
comes across as incredibly tone-deaf in our current political climate. 
But I'm really not surprised either. We've all seen this coming over the 
past several years so really they are just closing the loop.



But as always, failure presents opportunity...  People should support 
distros that prioritize user freedom over corporate interests.


https://www.patreon.com/slackwarelinux/overview


Given that Canonical is in Microsoft's pocket these days I will laugh at 
anyone who bails for Ubuntu Server :-)


-Ben

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Re: [PLUG] CentOS going away, viva Rocky?

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020, Jake Bottero wrote:


It is not surprising that IBM has taken this misguided path, they fail to
understand that Enterprise users of CentOS will not simply start buying
overpriced licenses for RHEL, they will bail out for Ubuntu Server. IBM’s
misjudgment on this marks the beginning of the end for RHEL. Been nice to
know you...


Mid-last century IBM acknowledged that they were not selling leading edge
technology, but on-site customer support and hand-holding. That also did in
DEC and other companies such as Xerox.

I read about CentOS' demise on Ars Technica this morning and was not at all
surprised.

Stay well,

Rich

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Re: [PLUG] CentOS going away, viva Rocky?

[Jake Bottero]

It is not surprising that IBM has taken this misguided path, they fail to
understand that Enterprise users of CentOS will not simply start buying
overpriced licenses for RHEL, they will bail out for Ubuntu Server. IBM’s
misjudgment on this
marks the beginning of the end for RHEL. Been nice to know you...

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 12:47 PM Keith Lofstrom  wrote:

> I've used Redhat flavor distros since the dawn of time.
> I moved to Scientific Linux because of the focus on
> ultra-long-term support (10y+) and extra scientific
> packages.   Fermilabs stopped supporting the Scientific
> Linux variant, so I moved to CentOS.
>
> Now, with an abrupt announcement early this week,
> CentOS is going away.  the supposed replacement is
> "CentOS Stream", which is RedHat's new name for their
> upstream rolling release; the opposite of stability.
>
> The good news is that Greg Kurtzer (the guy who started
> Caos which became CentOS) announced Rocky Linux two
> days ago, and already 700+ developers have joined him.
>
> I expect Fermilabs and CERN and Los Alamos will also
> get involved.  They will not shut down the Large Hadron
> Collider because RedHat/IBM are buttheads.
>
> Ever see the cartoon of the fellow sawing off the limb
> he is sitting on, and the tree falls over instead?
> I've seen this happen when large corporations throw
> their weight around - the little guys join forces,
> go to work, and turn out a better product/service .
> The limb replaces the rotten tree.
>
> CERN gave us the world wide web; with their support,
> great things will happen for Linux.
>
> Keith
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[PLUG] CentOS going away, viva Rocky?

[Keith Lofstrom]

I've used Redhat flavor distros since the dawn of time.
I moved to Scientific Linux because of the focus on
ultra-long-term support (10y+) and extra scientific
packages.   Fermilabs stopped supporting the Scientific
Linux variant, so I moved to CentOS. 

Now, with an abrupt announcement early this week,
CentOS is going away.  the supposed replacement is 
"CentOS Stream", which is RedHat's new name for their
upstream rolling release; the opposite of stability.

The good news is that Greg Kurtzer (the guy who started
Caos which became CentOS) announced Rocky Linux two
days ago, and already 700+ developers have joined him.

I expect Fermilabs and CERN and Los Alamos will also
get involved.  They will not shut down the Large Hadron
Collider because RedHat/IBM are buttheads.

Ever see the cartoon of the fellow sawing off the limb
he is sitting on, and the tree falls over instead? 
I've seen this happen when large corporations throw
their weight around - the little guys join forces,
go to work, and turn out a better product/service .
The limb replaces the rotten tree.

CERN gave us the world wide web; with their support,
great things will happen for Linux.

Keith

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Re: [PLUG] Firefox not able to connect

[Rich Shepard]

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020, Dick Steffens wrote:


Where do I look to figure out what I did that I shouldn't have done?


Dick,

Do you have /etc/resolv.conf or the Ubuntu equivalent? It lists the DNS
servers that should be checked.

Rich
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[PLUG] Resolved: Firefox not able to connect

[Dick Steffens]

On 12/10/20 12:13 PM, Dick Steffens wrote:
I've been working on the fresh install of Xubuntu 20.04 and trying to 
set up ssh and ssh-server. In the process I've managed to do something 
that prevents Firefox from visiting websites. Earlier today it was 
fine, and I was able to ssh into the system, but now I can't.


rsteff@ENU-2:~$ ssh rsteff@192.168.0.102
ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.102 port 22: No route to host
rsteff@ENU-2:~$

Where do I look to figure out what I did that I shouldn't have done?



The first rule of troubleshooting: is it plugged in?

I've been sliding the box in and out from under the desk. The little 
clip on the Ethernet cable is worn out, and the cable pulled out. It's 
back in, and the machine is now talking to the outside world.




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[PLUG] Firefox not able to connect

[Dick Steffens]

I've been working on the fresh install of Xubuntu 20.04 and trying to 
set up ssh and ssh-server. In the process I've managed to do something 
that prevents Firefox from visiting websites. Earlier today it was fine, 
and I was able to ssh into the system, but now I can't.


rsteff@ENU-2:~$ ssh rsteff@192.168.0.102
ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.102 port 22: No route to host
rsteff@ENU-2:~$

Where do I look to figure out what I did that I shouldn't have done?

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Re: [PLUG] ProxyJump Link

[Paul Heinlein]

On Fri, 4 Dec 2020, Paul Heinlein wrote:


On Thu, 3 Dec 2020, Paul Heinlein wrote:

Someone asked about the link to SSH ProxyJump documentation. There's more 
to be said than this, but here's the link:


https://www.madboa.com/blog/2017/11/02/ssh-proxyjump/

I'll post a follow-up with a real configuration that uses that sort of 
thing in the next day or two. tl;dr: search the Internet for "ssh 
controlmaster"


My full setup includes a highly customized ssh config file plus a shell 
script to control my SSH proxying.


[]

Whew! That was long. I'll probably use this post as the rough draft for an 
article I'll post to my blog later.


https://www.madboa.com/blog/2020/12/10/ssh-full-network/

It's my web site, but it's not commerical and uses no tracking 
cookies.


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Re: [PLUG] Accessing printer from Virtual Box on a laptop

[Denis Heidtmann]

Sounds like a good idea. I will see if I can figure out how to do that.
Thanks.

-Denis

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 7:53 AM Ken Stephens 
wrote:

> Denis,
>
> How about sharing your host computer's printer that is configured for the
> wireless printer and not trying to configure the wireless printer directly
> from your virtual machine?
>
> Ken
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 9:06 PM Denis Heidtmann 
> wrote:
>
> > I have a printer connected to a desktop machine via USB.  However, my
> > laptop connects to that printer via Wireless through the wireless router.
> > The laptop host (Ubuntu 20.04) communicates with that printer with no
> > issues.  (I did nothing specific to make that happen, as well as I can
> > recall.)
> > Now I want a Windows 2k guest on the laptop to connect to that printer.
> > What is the way to do that?
> >
> > If this sounds familiar, it is an old issue.  I was unable to solve the
> > issue when I was running an older version of Ubuntu, but I thought I
> would
> > give it a new go since upgrading to 20.04.  My previous method of dealing
> > with this was to print to a file, then from the host pass the file to the
> > printer.  I can still do that, but it would sure be nice if the guest
> could
> > send directly to the printer.  In years gone by it did, but that broke
> some
> > time ago; I do not recall the circumstances.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Denis
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Re: [PLUG] Accessing printer from Virtual Box on a laptop

[Ken Stephens]

Denis,

How about sharing your host computer's printer that is configured for the
wireless printer and not trying to configure the wireless printer directly
from your virtual machine?

Ken

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 9:06 PM Denis Heidtmann 
wrote:

> I have a printer connected to a desktop machine via USB.  However, my
> laptop connects to that printer via Wireless through the wireless router.
> The laptop host (Ubuntu 20.04) communicates with that printer with no
> issues.  (I did nothing specific to make that happen, as well as I can
> recall.)
> Now I want a Windows 2k guest on the laptop to connect to that printer.
> What is the way to do that?
>
> If this sounds familiar, it is an old issue.  I was unable to solve the
> issue when I was running an older version of Ubuntu, but I thought I would
> give it a new go since upgrading to 20.04.  My previous method of dealing
> with this was to print to a file, then from the host pass the file to the
> printer.  I can still do that, but it would sure be nice if the guest could
> send directly to the printer.  In years gone by it did, but that broke some
> time ago; I do not recall the circumstances.
>
> Thanks,
> -Denis
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Re: [PLUG] USB 3.x power question

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 9 Dec 2020, John Jason Jordan wrote:


I believe what you need is a dock, one that has an external power source
connected to the mains.


John,

I have always associated docks with portable computers, not desktops.

Stay well,

Rich
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